midyum
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English medium, from Latin medium. Doublet of medya, medyo, and midya.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmidjum/ [ˈmiː.d͡ʒʊm]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈmidjum/ [ˈmid̪.jʊm]
- Rhymes: -idjum
- Syllabification: mid‧yum
Noun
midyum (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜋ᜔)
- medium (middle place or degree)
- size medium
- medium (means, channel or agency by which an aim is achieved)
- Synonyms: pamamaraan, paraan
- medium (format for communicating or presenting information)
- (painting) medium (tool or materials used for painting or drawing)
- (spiritualism) medium (someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world)
- Synonym: tagapamagitan
See also
- babaylan
- espiritista
- katalonan
- katamtaman
Further reading
- “midyum”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024